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8-3 Tests for Parallelograms

Parallelogram:
• a quadrilateral (4 sides)
• opposite sides are parallel.
• opposite angles are congruent
• consecutive angles are supplementary
• opposite sides are congruent

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ALSO:

• The diagonals of a parallelogram


BISECT each other!
Parallelogram:
• opposite sides are parallel
• opposite angles are congruent
• opposite sides are congruent
• diagonals bisect each other
• one pair of opposite sides are parallel and
congruent.

If you see any QUADRILATERAL


…and ANY of the things
above are true
………then you are dealing with
a PARALLELOGRAM
• that’s it.

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